Former Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson today confirmed
his defection to Ian Paisley's ultra-hardline DUP.
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Donaldson and colleagues formally join DUP
Published January 5, 2004
Review of Bloody Sunday Inquiry 2003
A month-by-month review of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry by the Troops Out Movement
Published January 5, 2004
BRITISH PLANNED GUN LAW TO RULE NORTH
Plans for a drastic escalation of the war in 1973, including
the shooting of unarmed civilians, have been revealed in
secret papers released in London.
Published January 5, 2004
IRA blames British for lack of progress
In its New Year statement, the IRA has said the British government is mainly to blame for the lack of progress in recent months.
Published January 5, 2004
More delay for Colombia 3 after third Christmas in jail
The three Irish men held in Colombia - Niall Connolly, Martin
McCauley and Jim Monaghan - have spent their third Christmas
in jail after a further delay in their trial verdict.
Published January 5, 2004
UDA warns off Adair supporters
Ousted loyalist leader Johnny Adair has been warned against
trying to regain power in the North of Ireland by his former
paramilitary associates.
Published January 5, 2004
Reflecting on The Barron Report
The Barron report shows how the politicisation of the Garda Siochana gained momentum in the early 1970s. I watched it happen. I was based in the Monaghan parish between 1971 and 1979. I saw how once friendly Gardaí became cold, silent and hostile to me and more especially to many citizens in Monaghan.
Published December 29, 2003
Dickson jailed in Germany over IRA attack
A former British soldier was jailed for six and a half years
in Germany before Christmas for assisting an IRA mortar attack
on his old army base.
Published December 29, 2003
A month-by-month look back at the events of the year.
Published December 29, 2003
Next month's review of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement must be
limited to one month, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said
today [Monday]
Published December 29, 2003
Racial attacks escalate in North
Weekend arson attacks which badly damaged two homes were the
latest in a string of racially motivated attacks.
Published December 29, 2003
Republican anger as prison leave denied
Political representatives of the INLA, a small republican
armed group, has said its understanding with the 26-County
government is in trouble following its refusal to allow former
leader Dessie O'Hare home leave over the holiday period.
Published December 29, 2003
U.S. extradition treaty `violates civil liberties'
The American Civil Liberties Union has come out against the ratification of a new extradition treaty between Britain and the United States, saying that the measure contains a number of ill-considered erosions of judicial review and would threaten the due process rights of Americans and others accused of crimes by the British government.
Published December 29, 2003
It was interesting to read today that a member of the IRA unit
which carried out the 1972 bombing in the village of Claudy
has apologised to a relative of a victim of the attack.
Published December 22, 2003
The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings
The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, by Don Mullan, reviewed by Liam O Ruairc
Published December 22, 2003
The tragic deaths of two British Army pilots in a helicopter
crash in County Derry has refocused attention on the dangers
posed by Britain's continuing military presence in the North
of Ireland.
Published December 22, 2003
Ex-Ministers criticise Barron report; Omagh families appeal
Controversy over the Barron report into the 1974 loyalist
bombings of Dublin and Monaghan has continued over the
weekend.
Published December 22, 2003
Police list highlights anti-Irish racism in Britain
British police have maintained a secret list of all Irish
people, regardless of whether they are suspected of breaking
the law, it has emerged.
Published December 22, 2003
PSNI suspected as Twinbrook homes attacked
Sinn Féin Lisburn Councillor Sue Ramsey has expressed concern
and warned residents in west Belfast to be vigilant after her
home, along with another in Twinbrook, was attacked on Friday
night.
Published December 22, 2003
SF refutes criminality accusation
Sinn Fein's office in Dublin has published accounts for the
first time yesterday in an effort to counter allegations of
wrongdoing by Dublin's Justice Minister.
Published December 22, 2003
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